Australian wildlife officials have begun disposing of hundreds of dead pilot whales.

澳大利亚野生动物官员开始处理数百只领航鲸的尸体。

In 1995 David Thurston monitored pilot whales that beached after following squid ashore.

1995年，大卫·瑟斯顿监控到巨头鲸在追踪岸边的鱿鱼后搁浅。

About 200 pilot whales died in the Australian state of Tasmania in late September.

9月底，约有200头领航鲸在澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚州死亡。

One scientist called that incident even more unusual than the pilot whales getting stuck.

一位科学家称，这一事件比领航鲸被困更不寻常。

The whales are pilot whales, which weigh between 1,000 and 2,000 kilograms and measure over 6 meters.

这些鲸鱼是领航鲸，体重在1000到2000公斤之间，体长超过6米。

Experts speculate the social nature of pilot whales may have played a part in the mass stranding.

专家推测，领航鲸的社交天性可能是导致其大规模搁浅的原因之一。

The International Whaling Commission says pilot whales are the species that most often is beached in large numbers.

国际捕鲸协会表示，领航鲸是最经常被大量搁浅的物种。

A pilot whale washed ashore in Thailand's southern Songkhla province with nearly 18 pounds of plastic in its stomach.

一只领航鲸在泰国南部宋卡省海岸搁浅，其胃里有近18磅塑料。

All right, next we take you to Dunsborough, Australia, where wildlife officials saved 130 pilot whales after a pod beached themselves.

接下来我们带你去邓斯伯勒，在澳大利亚，野生动物官员在一群鲸鱼搁浅后拯救了130头领航鲸。

More than 650 pilot whales have beached themselves here over the past week.

过去一周，超过 650 头领航鲸在这里搁浅。